8-letter words containing f, a, g
- frottage — a technique in the visual arts of obtaining textural effects or images by rubbing lead, chalk, charcoal, etc., over paper laid on a granular or relieflike surface. Compare rubbing (def 2).
- frugally — economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
- fruitage — the bearing of fruit: soil additives to hasten the fruitage.
- fugacity — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- fughetta — a short fugue
- fugleman — (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.
- fulgural — of or relating to lightning
- fumigant — any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide.
- fumigate — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- furigana — (human language, Japanese) (Or "rubi") Small hiragana, written above kanji (and these days sometimes above Latin characters) as a phonetic comment and reading aid. The singular and plural are both "furigana".
- fuselage — the complete central structure to which the wing, tail surfaces, and engines are attached on an airplane.
- gabfests — a gathering at which there is a great deal of conversation.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gaff rig — a sailboat rig having one or more fore-and-aft gaff sails.
- gaffling — to take hold of; seize.
- gaffsail — an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish.
- gainfull — Archaic form of gainful.
- galofalo — modern name of Charybdis.
- gamefowl — A gamebird.
- gap-fill — In language teaching, a gap-fill test is an exercise in which words are removed from a text and replaced with spaces. The learner has to fill each space with the missing word or a suitable word.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- garofalo — Galofalo.
- gas fire — A gas fire is a fire that produces heat by burning gas.
- gas lift — Gas lift is a method in which gas is injected into the production tubing (= tubes through which hydrocarbons flow to the surface) to allow liquids to enter the wellbore at a higher flow rate.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gasified — Simple past tense and past participle of gasify.
- gasifier — An apparatus used to perform gasification.
- gasifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gasify.
- gasiform — having the form of gas; gaseous.
- gastfull — dismal; dreary
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- ghastful — frightful.
- gift aid — a scheme that allows a charity to claim tax exemption on individual charitable donations
- gift tax — a tax imposed on the transfer of money or property from one living person to another by gift, payable by the donor.
- giftable — suitable for a gift.
- giftware — china, crystal, or other items suitable for gifts.
- giftwrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- gigaflop — gigaflops
- giraffes — Plural form of giraffe.
- giraffid — An animal of the family Giraffidae (such as the giraffe and okapi).
- glassfet — /glas'fet/ [Analogy with MOSFET] (or "firebottle") A humorous way to refer to a vacuum tube.
- glassful — an amount contained by or sufficient to fill a glass or tumbler.
- glassify — to become glass or glass-like
- go after — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goatfish — any tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mullidae, having a pair of long barbels below the mouth.
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- golf bag — a bag, usually made of canvas, for carrying golf clubs and golf balls.
- golfiana — golfing collectibles
- gonfalon — a banner suspended from a crossbar, often with several streamers or tails.